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WCDT 2106-2110 (January 23-27, 2012) - QC IN SPAAAAAACE!!!
Mad Cat:
--- Quote from: Melauren on 28 Jan 2012, 15:53 ---
--- Quote from: Mad Cat on 27 Jan 2012, 07:55 ---And I think I'd keep my seat-belt buckled in such a situation. Call me provincial, but I'd prefer to remain tethered to the spacecraft at all times.
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Heh, I think you'd just miss out on all the zero-g fun. Because unless you're afraid you'll waft into a vacuum chamber and get ejected accidentally, there's pretty much no situation in which being "tethered" to a spacecraft will stop you from dying in the event of a malfunction.
Being seatbelted into a car = you'll probably survive a crash. Being seatbelted into a spaceship = who cares, all the air whooshed out when you hit that asteroid, and you're a popsicle to boot :P (or maybe you explode? Any sciencey-types able to verify?)
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So totally not the point. I agree with the AI's assessment of less than a second of terror. The issue with staying tethered to the spacecraft at all times is two fold. One, while tethered, I'd retain a frame of reference with which to combat the vertigo. Two, it's one thing to use my own power to thrust myself accidentally into a bulkhead. It's quite another thing for the spacecraft to use its maneuvering thrusters to thrust its bulkhead into me.
Method of Madness:
In Soviet Russia, spaceship thrusts you! :mrgreen:
DSL:
a.) Shuttle, Mir, ISS and Skylab crews seemed to spend plenty of untethered time (all craft had maneuvering thrusters).
b.) A good reason for the spaceship to keep it's holopants on.
Carl-E:
--- Quote from: dontprayforangels on 29 Jan 2012, 00:26 ---
--- Quote from: Is it cold in here? on 28 Jan 2012, 23:37 ---NASA accidentally exposed a worker to vacuum once. He didn't explode. The last thing he remembered before passing out was the feeling of his tongue fizzing as his saliva boiled.
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Nothing about pooping? That's good.
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Well, nothing they were willing to report...
DSL:
I remember reading something about Apollo 8's CM smelling ... interesting ... when the frogmen opened the hatch.
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